The “go big or go home” strategy might work for funding the world’s best tech startups, but if you want the secret to peak performance, consider an alternative approach. In the short time Cloud City has been in business, we’ve noticed a dramatic shift in cannabis shopping trends. Today, our customers aren’t only coming in for help with sleep disturbances and anxiety. Importantly, they’re turning to natural remedies like CBD to help them stay sharp, balanced, and emotionally resilient throughout the day. How are they achieving this, you ask? By microdosing CBD.
What is microdosing?
Microdosing is the practice of taking sequential, subtherapeutic (or fractional) amounts of a substance to achieve systemic benefits without inducing the full experience. Comparatively, it’s like adjusting the thermostat in a room by one degree rather than cranking the AC up to full blast. In this minimalist approach, you’re using CBD to optimize your baseline rather than immersing yourself in its therapeutic benefits.
The concept of microdosing folds into Cloud City’s overarching mantra about dosing cannabis products responsibly: Start low and go slow. As Rolling Stone’s coverage notes, this trendy method allows users to customize their experience to enhance functionality while avoiding unwanted reactions.
Why Silicon Valley loves microdosing CBD
High doses of CBD are ideal for mentally commuting from work mode into relaxation at the end of a busy week. However, the same doesn’t necessarily apply for preparing for a Tuesday morning standup. Microdosing CBD throughout the day offers sustained focus, emotional regulation, and ergonomic benefits. By taking small amounts every few hours, CBD helps you lock in, avoid that afternoon cortisol spike (without the caffeine jitters), stay zen through stressful moments, and fight inflammation from tech-neck and desk fatigue.
How to start microdosing
Step 1: Choose your delivery system
With microdosing, precision is key. We love sublingual tinctures because they’re the easiest way to control customized dosages with a dropper.
Pro tip: Make sure you’re working with top-shelf CBD. Ask your budtender for your CBD product’s Certificate of Analysis to ensure its potency matches what’s on the label.
Step 2: Cut the dose
Start with 2.5mg – 5mg of CBD. For a 1000mg bottle, this is the equivalent of 3-5 drops. For a 10mg gummy, this would mean cutting it in half.
Important note: If you feel effects immediately, you’ve surpassed the microdose threshold. At most, you should notice that the “background noise” of stress and inflammation is simply turned down.
Step 3: Space it out
Rather than eating a full gummy in the morning, space these fractions out to 3-4 times per day. In doing so, you keep the cannabinoid levels in your bloodstream steady– a concept better known as bioavailability. Check out this post on making the most of your dose to learn more about how bioavailability works.
Step 4: The 3-day rule
Repeat the same microdosing routine for three days and analyze your body’s response. Are you surprised by how you’re actually *not* that annoyed by those incessant Slack notifications? Is your neck feeling any less tight? If you don’t notice things like this after three days, you have the green light to increase your microdoses.
The science of microdosing
Your endocannabinoid system (ECS) is incredibly sensitive. By microdosing CBD, you encourage your body to produce endocannabinoids naturally. In essence, you’re doing more than enhancing your ECS’s function; you’re coaching it on how to do its own job.
At Cloud City Supply, we don’t just sell premium cannabis products; we provide the education you need to use them like a pro. Whether you’re looking for a potent tincture or need advice on how to cut your gummies into the perfect microdoses, we’re here to help. Stop by our Downtown Campbell store – rated the best CBD store in Silicon Valley for four consecutive years – and let’s build your microdose routine together.
